Katie Melua discovers spider living inside her ear

Katie Melua said it was initially 'terrifying' to see the spider until it was safely hoovered out of her ear. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire

Singer Katie Melua has discovered she came crazily close to a spider after one crawled inside her ear and took up residence for a week.

The 30-year-old posted images on her Instagram account of the "little fella" that was found after she went to a doctor complaining of having a week-long "rustling in my ear".

Melua, famous for her hits The Closest Thing To Crazy and Nine Million Bicycles, said her fears at seeing the minute arachnid were allayed when it was extracted by the doctor.

Melua is understood to have later released the spider into her back garden.